Snipe.



srarrns rafrnnr orrron GEORGE MAETNSEN, OE? CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SNIPE.

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Application led March 4, 191.4.

T0 all whom 'it may concern Be it known that l, GEORGE MARTINSEN, a subject et the King of Norway, residing at Cleveland, in the county oit' Cuyahogan and the Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful improvement in Snipes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a snipe adapted to be rigidly secured upon a. suitable bench and provided 'with anloperating lever by means oif which the jaws may be thrown into closed or cutting position from either side of the bench.

The inventionY consists oit the novel 'features oi" construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure: 1y is a side elevation of the device, the operating lever and jaws being shown in full lines in one oi? the closed positions, the lever being shown in the dotted lines, with the aws in closed position in :tull lines and the jaws and operating lever being shown in .open position in dotted lines.n Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. l is a detail perspective view of awedging strip.

ln these drawings, 1 represents a suitable standard having a reduced portion 2 adapted to lit into the rectangular opening of a work Y bench and carrying a depending threaded Y portionV 3 upon which works a suitableY ,clamping washer 4L and nut 5.

adapted to lit in the groove parallel with the: tongue, and against which presses the inner end eta set screw 14. The strip 13 is pro-V vided with laterally bent end portions 15V longitudinally slotted as shown at 16 through which work suitable adjusting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

serial No. 822,375.

screws 17, the slots permitting lateral adjustment or movement oi the strip 13, and said strip having also a limited longitudinal movement. An operating lever 18 is pivotally connected to the handle 9 of the jaw S, this being the tixed'jaw. The handle 1() of the movable jaw 7 is obliquely cut away at its rear end as shown at 19 and forms a bearing for the lever 18 when the jaws are in closed position and are operated from the rear. A link Y20 is pivotally connected to the inner end of the lever 1S and is also transmitting movement of the lever 18 to position shown by broken lines a in Fig. 1

the jaw 7 will be moved into open position. throwing the lever Jforward into the position shown by dotted lines Zi in Fig. 1 the jaw 7 will be closed so that there are two closing movements or the jaw for one full swing oi' the lever, and the device can be operated by means ot the lever from either the front or rear sideY of the bench or table upon which itiV may be arranged.

What lf claim is 1. A device' of the kind described comprising a grooved standard, pivoted jaws, lug carried byY one of said jaws, said lug being adapted to cooperate with said groove, a wedging strip'adapted to tit in said groove and to bear on the cooperating portion or' said lug, andY means for limiting longitudinal movement of the wedging strip.

2. The combination with a pair of jaws. a rigid support tor one ofsaid jaws, said jaws being provided with handles, a lever pivoted upon the handle of the jaw having the support, the other handle having its end cut obliquely to furnish a support for said lever, and a link pivotally connected to the obliquely cut handle and to the lever, said jaws being closed when the lever is at the end of its swinging movement in either direction and being open when the lever is in an intermediate position.

GEO. MARTINSEN. llitnesses f ALF HANSEN, EMIL GABRIEL Barmer.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

